Just a few updates. I am thinking about changing to a different file hosting platform and have closed my Github account. Github was never designed to host files the way I have been using it.
In the future, I have no plans to support the original NanoVNA (old protocol). This includes VNAs like the -H and H4.
Because the V2Plus / 4 locked out any firmware development, these VNAs have really fallen behind compared with the LiteVNA. OWO did release new hardware. I have not seen it but the cost for the VNA6000 with 95dB dynamic range is over $800 with tax. You can go with the B model which is 110dB for $1,499.00.
https://www.tindie.com/products/hcxqsgroup/nanorfe-vna6000/?utm_source=selIt's still a two port one-path with square wave drive and limited low frequency support. My guess is they still modulate the output as well which makes it useless for narrow band work. At this price point, the full 2-port LibreVNA would make a lot more sense. Personally, I would rather stay with with the LiteVNA. Much lower cost, smaller, and having Dislord developing the firmware makes it an A+++ rating. My plan is to only support the LiteVNA moving forward. Of course, my software may work with other VNAs that use the LiteVNA's protocol.
Because of the vast amount of feedback, I will no longer offer an installer. This seemed to work out fine for Solver64 where users were savvy enough to sort it out on their own.
I still have no plans to update or maintain a manual for my software. It's a lot of effort for something that provides little benefit. Much the same reason for not offering an installer.
Any new software releases will be 64-bit only. It's been over a year since leaning the hard way that NI (formally National Instruments) had changed to a rental model. Since then, Emerson acquired NI. After a year had lapsed, I was contacted by NI three times asking me to pay my rental fees. The last call, they threatened to lock me out of my software. I explained that I had removed all of their software after discovering it was a rental and NI had refunded my payment, but they could certainly attempt to extort me by shutting down my perpetual licenses. We would go to court over that one. I can only guess that they had left some accounts like mine on the books to overstate the value in hopes of increasing the amount of the buyout? Hard to say. Fuck them and their strong arm tactics.
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I have been looking at a few generic file host programs and am planning on setting up a Dropbox.